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Dec. 3, 1929. F, BARNEY 1,738,276

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Patented llec. 3, 1929 FREEMAN BABNEY, 013

MACHINERY COMPANY, 013 GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, A. CDRPORATION OF MICHI-STANDARD Application filed July 25, 1927.

This invention relates to a stand which may be used for supportingvarious articles. lt is a primary object and purpose of the presentinvention to provide a practical and serviceable stand made of two partswhich are exact duplicates and which have interfitting connections sothat when one part is reversed with respect to and interfitted with theother a complete standard is produced. After said interlitting has beenaccomplished, contacting parts oi the twome1n bers of the standard maybe bolted together so to make more secure the connection oi one part tothe other. The two parts of the standard being exact duplicates and eachbeing produced as a single casting it is evident that economy inmanufacture is greatly on haneed.

An understanding or the invention may be had from the followingdescription talten in connection with the accompanying drawing, inwhich,

l is a perspective view of the standard.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the two parts of the standarddisassembled, but ready to be placed together.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary enlarged horizon tal section through the centralpartoi the standard illustrating the manner in which the bolts are usedto connect the two parts together after they have been interiitted, and

Fig. 4 is a somewhat enlarged elevation of one 01. the parts used in thestandard.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the dillerent figuresoi the drawings.

in the construction each part of the two part standard comprises spacedapart vertical sides 1 from the upper ends orwhich arms 2 extenddownwardly and inwardly to ward each other, while from the lower endssimilar arms 3 extend upwardly and inwardly toward each other, the innerends of the arms 2 and 3 integrally joining with a central vertical webi. A slot 5 is made vertically from the upper end of said web downwardlysubstantially one-half of the height of the web.

The sides 1, arms 2 and 3 and web l are cast integral and the sides 1,and arms 2 and are equipped with flanges so that each Serial No.208,372.

side and arm is in eilect of angular shape having two flanges located atright angles to each other. These flanges come to the slot 5 and arecontinued around said slot as indicated at 6. An opening 7 is madethrough the vertical flange 6 as shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, and an opening8 is made through the web l a distance below the lower end of the slot5.

One of these members with the arms 2 at the upper side thereof and arms3 at the lower side is assembled with another member of identicalconstruction, the only diiierence being that said other member isinverted so that the arms 3 appear at the top and arms 2 at the bottom,as shown in Fig. 2. This brings the slot 5 in the inverted member at itslower side and the two members may then be telescoped by bringing theslots together and moving the members together so that the upper andlower ends of each lie in the same planes. The flange 6 at a side ofeach slot thereupon comes alongside of the web l of the opposite memberand the openings 7 and 8 in the flanges and webs of the two members comeinto conjunction so that bolts 9 may be passed therethrough which, whensupplied with nuts, bind the parts very securely together.

By means of this invention a stand may be very economically constructed.The fact that both parts are identical very much simplifies the cost ofeastingin thatasingle simple pattern is all that is required to make acomplete stand. By making a stand in this way it may be shipped indisassembled condition and occupies a relatively small space therebyreducing freight charges and also the fact that it may be cratedcompactly reduces its tendency to break while shipping. The fact thatthe stand is of the same proportions at both ends makes it very stablein use. By having its lower end extending over the same area is itsupper end upon which an article is to be supported prevents it frombeing easily tipped over.

I claim:

A standard comprising two members of identical shape each having acentral web with a central vertical slot extending from one edge to thecenter thereof and a flange at one side of said slot, said flange havingan opening and said web vhaving an opening 111 alignment with said slotand means adapted to pass through the aligned openings whereby the twomembers may be inverted with re spect to each other and telescopedtogether and said openings in the respective members will register forthe purpose of inserting fastening bolts therethrough.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

FREEMAN BARNEY.

